This fifty-fifth volume of annotated leading case law of international criminal tribunals contains the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (2011-2012).

This book outlines in an accessible manner the wide-ranging and revolutionary development of one of the most crucial and dynamic EU policy areas since the Maastricht Treaty: that of police and judicial cooperation between its Member States. It examines the subject in light of burning issues surrounding migration, terrorism and, of course, Brexit.

This study takes an innovative approach to this issue and approaches the possibility for regulation of cannabis for recreational use from the perspective of positive human rights obligations.

Volume I addresses the legal question of to which extent domestic initiatives involving the regulation of cannabis cultivation for recreational use are compatible with the relevant UN narcotic drugs conventions and European Union law. Volume II takes an innovative approach to this issue and approaches the possibility for regulation of cannabis for recreational use from the perspective of positive human rights obligations.

This study addresses the legal question of to which extent domestic initiatives involving the regulation of cannabis cultivation for recreational use are compatible with the relevant UN narcotic drugs conventions and European Union law.

Through the establishment of EU criminal law, EU actors have come to influence the definition and interpretation of domestic crimes and penalties. Both the EU legislature and the CJEU define and interpret provisions of EU law with relevance for the determination of criminal liability and the prescription of applicable penalties in the law of the Member States. This influence on substantive criminal law raises questions about the limits to thes...

The third edition of Materials on European Criminal Law is a collection of legal instruments including all legal materials relevant for the practice of the Member States of the European Union in one concise volume.

This book develops a theory for the principle of legality in European criminal law. Its focus is on the legitimising and normative functions of this principle.

For decades, the EU has developed a system of criminal justice consistent with the mixed (sometimes contradictory) tendencies embedded in its very own structure. The Lisbon Treaty consolidated some federal elements that have an impact in the future development of this area of law.